>> ... I can imagine that allowing the syntax on INSERT might simplify
>> the
>> generation of SQL in certain circumstances. There's also the
>> Principle
>> of Least Surprise, etc.
>
> There's also something called the SQL standard, which forbids both of
> those syntaxes.
Ah - I should have checked that.
I sometimes have trouble understanding the edicts of the wise ones -
anyone know what the rationale for this is?
- John D. Burger
MITRE